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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

The Legislature met on Wednes>
day The devil and his angels will
beei:. their work at once An effort
will be made to put the black coun-
ties in the hands OF the negroes. ana
to rep>al the stock laws.
Many odious laws will be proposed
and big efforts will be made to in>
crease taxation, to raise tie salaries
of tue State officers and the judges.
An effort will he made to raise the
taxable value of the property Of the
State from 5000 100000 to about
100000, 900. But we hope all The Sc
efforts will fail even in the Hou> e
and if not then we feel sure he
Democratic Senate will save the
State from the pilfering wolves aud
hou!ing hyenas. The county govern
ment must remain as 1t is. TIA. no
fence law IN st not be repealed.
Taxation must rot tie Incl ca sc d.
No law ought t, be pas ed to com
Iell the tax assessors to raise the
valuation OF property, Its present
low valuation is our protection
against extravaganza. We cannot
now 90 beyond the constitutional
limitstlon of sixty-,ix aad two-thlr
cents GA the 500 worth OF property.
Raise the value of property one
third and we fear our burdens i'll te
one thirl heavier.
Let no officials salary BE- raised
one dollar these hard times. If a
governor or judge cannot live on
twenty-five hundred dollars, or three
thousand dollars, let them resign
and we will guarantee they Will have
to live on good deal less. To-day
there is more than 1860 of our
people living on less than $500 Der
y.ar-and not more than loco peo>
PIE in the st t, make so much as
$4,000. ;, ear.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
KING COTTOA.

Cur people Ere now almost ruIre".
We have Lad two crop failures ID
succession in this section. Ever!
body nearly, is beLicd and in debt.
end the future has no silver lining
in sioht. All before us is darkness 81
thick That YOU can cut with the BACK
of case knife. Not one farmer IN
ten makes his home supplies. Cot
ton is vet king, but the most crue
and heartless kirg that ever rAISn-
ed. To submit to his dominion Ions
er will be equivalent 10 serfdorn, lie
has already brought wretchedness.
poverty want and misery TO eacl
of lis subjects. His yoke must b.
thrown eff, and emancipation de-
care, CT ou, financial ruin is as
sured beyond doubt.
Our ,pIe have bcea warneo
time AMI again, but bllndty anf
mady tn " seem determined to pay
homage and bow down and worship
al his Shine. He, like the Repni IL
can party promises al! things, bat
does notAiag g. Will our people mol
open .heir eyes and turn from his
dominion, He never has and never
will keep his contracts. lie IS = ms
stlye4t and no process of the la"
can reach him. He has hoara OF
swina.es and CANDLES at his bac K,
who control all his movements. Ev-
erv thought of his life is suggestt 6
by these sw;ndlers and gamblers ard
is conceived in fraul. And the GOV
eminent of tue States apd the Tn t.
ed States give countenance an den
couraoement to their meanness and
rascality. This king ought to b.
impeached and convicted for hiel
crimes and mlsdemeanness and re-.
moved from his throne. Let ever,
man turn his back upon him and
his blood suckers and cut throat.
and withhold from him and then
The bread uron which they live.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

would they know about the value OF
land in Scotland Neck, Enfield, Wei
don and other places? Then there
is 70 necessity for an annual valua-
ton of land. 1t would be needless
and heavy expense, for lands do not
materially change and auctuate in
value from year to year. There are
many objections to the law proposed
nv the Tax commission and we trust
tha every member of the Legislature
regardless Of party will vote against
the adoption Of the law. :.
Tne object aimed at seams to be
to eoral;ze the value OF property
among the ditereut counties in the
State We believe that it is impes sihie
to do this, and if it could he done.t the
necessity of the thing is not so gle'.
As might appear at first glance. l.
IL of the tax levied went TO the Stat
it would be more important to have
equality of value among the differen'
counties, but as only 25 cents on the
Sloo goes to the State, it is not i'm
portant. Let us suppose an extreme
case Of inequality of va'uc to illus
trate our idea. A Halifax man ha.
fifty mules valued at $1oo per he a.
or $4,000. He pays the Safe twelv
iollars and a half on these mule
A Buncombe man has fifty mules val
| ued at fifty dollars per head or
wenty- five hundred dollars. H.
paws to the State only $62 5. So il
his extreme case of inequality .
value, such as does not actually oc'
cur, perhaps, Oh this large numhe
IF mules, one would only pay $e.2
more than the other. A citizen wht
only owned one horse woall only pa,
l2a cents more.
It's important that there shoult
be equality Of value between the cit
.zens ofthe same county and tn
resent law is we'll adopted to st
cure this. We think there can b.
| no better way to value the propert,
for taxation than tie way fixed o.
the present law. 1t is now left t.
three cities of township
If the people are wise, they viii
never relinquish the right to yalu
I Gheir property by citizens of the
township Who can see the same. COZ
fer with them about its 3 value, t,
any body Of a dozen or more of me-
who can arbitrarily value it withou
ever having seen it or without know
ing anything about it.
We have very hastily and hurried
ly written our views upon the pro
posed law, and now we trust othe
editors will speak their sentiments.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
. DEATH UE, coz. D.sa,Assk

Hailfax county as Suffered a loss
not easily repaired IN the death OF
Col. David c. Clak. lie was one,
OF our best and notlesi citiz.~s. al
ways honest, up,l.ht aud manly iu
his dealing with his fellow men: and
as public officer uniinpeacl.able. Col.
Clark for several years has been Su-
parlntendea. Of Public Instruction
and has 60 discharged his duties az
to become favori.e with all orr
school cOmmitteesmea ind teachers,
as we'll as the people at large. In
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
3 8 8 8 90 -
.NOTICE-@@s

THE UNDERSIGNED, having
opened a frst-ciass RestauraGt..at
Cherry's old stand. would take
this method to inform Lis friends
and patrons generally, that he is
prepared TO furnish meals at ALL
tiOURS, including OYSTERS
FISH and all that is GOOD for in>
ner mall. Keep ON hand for sale
cucumber pickles in J bbls, also
keep nice FLORIDA ORANGES,
APPLES, and PURE FRENCH,
and PLAIN CANDIES, cheap for
CASH.
P. S. Any person wishing to
obtain board Oh ,easenshie terms,
will apply to him who will give
satisfaction
r.. e.. COOKE.
Nearly opposite Pgsh Office.
~ See the red flag.
Nov Goth. 1886.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

The principle if not the only rea-
son the removal of the Tariff on cof
fee did not reduce the price in this
country is bee luse no coffee is grow
in this country, an cons 'quently
the coffee reducing country had
ana continued TO have. an will coa>
tinue to have complete mo lep ,ly
OF the coffee trade. But if we p-o.
ducaa or raised coffee in this c,untr,
as We pr,duc, woollel g DDS, tn
Tariff won d have lowered the price
b cause it would have brought about
competition be. ween the home and
foreign dealer. Not so VITA coffee.
Every dollar lai ON coffee would
he tax for rev ne only. Put all
grades of wo. Ii II goods en- the
Tree list, and these goods would fall
h,ts cents in the dollar in less than
ninety days. Why? Because the
forelgn manufacturer would at once
come Ia competition with the home
manufactures, and prices would drop
at once. Whereas NV the woo,>
len Manufacture Of this country have
complete monopoly Of the trade
here. And the meane st thing about
the tax on WOODEN goods is that the
lowest grades of woolien goods paw
the highest taxes, thereby keel inc
them out Of this country and COM
pelllng the poor to submit to the ex-
orbitant prices Of the dealers in
these goods Or do without them. This
Is sha upon our government and
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

che appraise,uent frauds must ce
STONED out they will not be stOp-
ped 50 long as the men remain chars-
ed with the duty of checking Them
VINO nave AWAY failed III tuaC dut1'
Tues 6 officers have concealed Their
l-.llure BY veil OF foolish mystery.
and by a systematic laudatlon o.
their own assumed virtues. 1he,
are stlll playing the SINE game en-
Leavorlng to keep The truth nom Cne
people amt tnelr superlors. ereatihe
,,uullc and historical record as pri-
ya,e property, and pefsistently "rl'-
.ua i,lng aud slanuerouS repoi1s
..uouL Jueir superlors, who honore"
,lLn tie confidence Oi The PfeS.dent.
AYE won t..c support aud r-specJ u
the business community. BeJ Qua
this, they are aurol,l, and systemat
loally corrupt. ny tho e who are sus-
ceptlple of pelug Influenced among
the appolntees Of tie new admlnis>
GraLlon. They are bad leaven that
Is corrupting the Who.e lump. Om>
olally they are mere spies. ana tne
.neauesL s,rl OF sp.es, incapable vi
uprIgnt and capable service.
The puunc may Ue assured that We
40 no, speak of these matters wlth~
ont ample warrant and full knowl-
ed.e, and that We will not CEASE to
,yoak oi then uutil The great scandal
Cnat has fallen as Ullgnt On tbs
Democratlc administration as herl-
&c from It's Republican, pred> cess
rs has come to an end.
Ne are devoted t. the Democrat c
arly and the national Democratic
.dmlnistr: ton. Aud the way to
prove that devotion is to assist both
% promote good government and ex-
pc Sc and stop 1ayran wrong dong. -
New York Star
Yes, II is is I'll SO. 1t is just what
we have been saying and urging all
the while. ''They are bad leayen COZ.
rupting the Whole lump Certainly
bat when did you discover it? We
said first "turn the ras:als out. >
but YOU said, oh no, Mr.. Cleyelan
is right. We said two years ago, be-
fore Cleveland muuutej the throne
that these were bad fellows anO
GA ht TO be kicked out. but the civil
service snoo. ers said, ooh , no vor
are mod.' "OHicially they are me.
spies and the meane,t sort OF
sries?' Then why don't King Grove.
turn the rascals out? We have sale
all the while they were enemies anc
spies and urged their removal. hui
the administration call US di>grunt
led sore head. Yes. turn the ra seals
ont, and turn King Grover out too
for not turning them out long since
But when you do turn them out, dom
turn in all King Growers and Lore
Mar niag's personal friends and kin
folks 10 The exclusion of all Demo>
Gratis To every ten kinsmen, put in
at least one Democrat, to preserve
the Democ :ati: Ieaven until we ca,
e Ven the whole lump with David B
Hill aud John G.. Carlisle.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
Manning on Tariff.

The Secretary of the Treasury ur-
yes very earnestly a reduction OF
the Tariff, and he reasons we'll until
he comes to details, and then he de-
parts from Democratic doctrines and
falls lovingly into the arms of the
Protectionlst After reading his es>
say and that of the President we are
driven rnwillingly to the conclusion
that it is almost impossible to get
fair.minde1, unprecedented Democrat
from the North or the Middle States.
Manning, liEe Mcpherson, admits
and urges a reduction OF the Tariff.
out when sifted down and tested by
the rules Of honesty aud justice to
all classes he is forced squarely on
the side of the Protectionlsts. If we
know ANYTHING about the Tariff
question, M. Manning does not. If
Mr.. Manning understands, we do
not, So what we shall say will OF
course be from our stand point, and
our knowledge ,rthe subject.
Here is the only recommends ton
he Secretary made to Congress.
81 respectfully recommend t. Con
gress that they confer upon the
wage-earners of the United States
the loon of untnx~d clio hing. and in
order thereto the inm edia:e passage
OF an act SIMPLY and solely placing
raw Wool upon the free-list.'
This recommendation of itself, if
Manning is honest, shows that he
has never yet comprehepded the
Tariff question. He says the gov.
eminent realized last year in round
numbers $5.ooo,ooo on importtd
wool. and Says "the cost of wooden
clothing for our 59,ooo,ooo~ people
was thereby and otherwise enhanced
many times more than 9octs head.'
We Will say 'm,ny times more'
means about five times more than
9o"ts per head, SO FIVE times Scots
will be four dollars and fifty cents
per head AM 100000 peopl. will
be 1865 100000. So we see accord
ing to Mr.. Manning's reasoning the
wcolen goods Cost the American
peop.e annually S265, 100000 more
they ought to cost. AMI that too be-
cause of the 5000, 900 tax on i'm
port d wool. This is startling and,
if tru', ought to damn forever those
responsible for such an outrage.
But how does the Secretary pro-
pose toremeffy this great wrong and
outrage? He says remove the five
million dollars tax On imported wool
and the country would bloom and
blossom like summer rose. Now
our view of the effect Of his policy j.
thls: II you rem I'VE the $1,000 600
taxes on raw WOOL imported to this
country without at lie same time
reducing the Tariff OF all imDor 81
woollen goods to point where YOU
would, pat 40 De al tDre;ga mann>
LECTURERS on an equal tooting in
competition with each other; you
would by removing the $5,ooo.ooo
tax. just put that amount in the
pockets OF our home producers, and
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
de 24-Sw.

North CAROLINA | SUPERIOR COURT.
HALIFAX COUNTY ! Jan'y Term 1887.
Against Summons.
Harry Riggs, Deft. }
To Harry Higgs.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the
court by affidavit that the defendant
Harry Higgs is a nonresident OF the
State and cannot after due diligence be.
found therein, that summons IN this
cause returnance to January Term 1887
of this court has been returned moi
TO BE FOUND" and that cause of
action exists against the defendant for
divorce to wit: That plaintiff and de-
PENDANT were married February 25th,
1880 and subsequently thereto the de-
PENDANT abandoned her and lived in
adultery with one Alice Johnston. 1t IS
ordered that publications OF this sum-
mons be made in the DEMOCRAT,
newspaper published in Scotland Neck.
Halifax county for six successive weeks
notifying the said Harry Higgs to appea
at aid Superior Court in Halifax on the
Sth Monday before the LIST Monday in
March 1887 to answer the plaintiff cons
plant.
Witness John T. Gregory, Clerk of
Halifax Superior Court. This 9th day of
November 1886.
JOHN T. GREGORY,
Clerk Superior Court.
John A. Moore,
G. L. Lyman, ! Plffs Attorneys.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

behalf Of ourselves and our sec ION
we tender to the bereaved family LIZ
their sad sff1iction our heart felt
sympathles and trast a kind c>mmu .
nity may cheer and console ana
comfort them in their bereavement,
and that still kinder Providence
may watch over, help, comfort ano
console them in this lite and crown
them in the life 10 come, as kings
and queens with their cherished ano
loved one, whom II has seen bit II
his inscrutable wisdom tc take unto
himself, as one Of his jewels to adorr
his rearly Kingdom. Nav thos'
dear ones left b3hlnd, with us al
reach hat Kingdom when we shal
ne summoned 60 put off this earthly
\ taber 1aela OF ours.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
THE; REVENUE BsE-a. AND
MACHINE ACT PRO-
POSED EsX THE TAX.

Laws which regulate the levyine
and collection of taxes should be
plain simple, easily understood, and
practical. when they are lacking
in these qualities. they should he r, =
pealed. Tie law proposed by The
tax commission is neither plain hol
simple nor practical. We will point
ont some of our objections to tn,
law, ard WV trust they will be
~ntfirient force to convince ever,
one that the proposed law should no'
pass. We are surprised that the
press Of the State has not comment
Is upOn the subject. for silerce
might he construed by the Legisls .
tnre to mean rcquiescence.
THE POLL TAX.
Section 2. On page 80, says thai,
every person who has not been eA-
empted by the county commission
ers vino shall not par his tax by tn,
18th day Of Feb'y after its asses.
'aenf shall he iahle to perform -four
days work OF the public roads or 81
much ~ shall he necessary to dis
Oh ;fga such tax at the rates fixed b,
tie commissioners. Sec. 3 on same
% ict off
sn liable shall be furnished hy the
Sheriff 10 the justices OF the respec :
tive township, and it shall be the
du y of the said justices to order
ont such persons between the first
day Of Febua,y and t he first day of
May to do and perform the work
aforesaid On public roads within the
district directed by them. This sec.
ton requires the justices to person
ally warn the delinquent or to leave
a written notice at his usual abode.
1t makes 1t ~ sdemeaEor in the de-
llnquent, having had tro days no.
tee, to fail to appear in person or
substitute &c. These sections
should never become law fo- many
sons, among them, the folowlno:
l. The justices should not be reuuir
ed to perform such work. If such
duties were enjelned upon en-
very few good men would accept the
Office.
If the justices would undertake
such work. it would be useless and
labor lost, for it is we'll known
fact that these persons who fail TO
pay their poll tax are the most
worthless part Of the populaton-if
the expression Is allowable-th they
constitute the floating class. When
the notices were served upon them.
they would take Dutch leave.
3. II delinluenLs were to attend
il would be burden that no good
government ought to impose upon
citizen, to require the rood over
seers to be bothered with this bust
ness from FEBRUARY to May Of each
year. II this duty was not required
of the overseers and guards we're en-
ployed, the expense would be too
heavy.
4. The worst feature of these Doc
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

We have never been allie to fjN
our mouth 20 say that the South wa
wrong and that the North was right
in the late war.
We have never been able to sum
up b:srney, hypocracy and sycorhaL'
CIV enough to say we were all Wran
and that we are 81 lad that the Sou,f
did not succeed in the war betweel
the State TVe were greatly grleve
and mortified a. d .fe1t and are
still grleved anil mortified be cause y
eur fa lurn. We have never admire
Lincoln, Logan, Grant and company.
nor do we consider them tynica
Americans, therefore we take nj
stock in Mr.. Grady nor any cthel
Sou ,hecn hypocrite or sy cophant
We always believed the South wa
ju titled in the course it pursue3 and
Stlll UtllPSCQ SIT " as lleuC' lohl
our stand point the North was mol
justified in its course and treat De mt
of the south. So far as We are con-
cerned we don't think the Soutb
committed any sin sgalnst the Nnrth
nor does it need any pardon. We
think jefferson Davis a typical
American and much superior man
in every way to Lincoln, Logan.
Grant and company and towers
a>ove the::. in this life and will In
the l:ie to come.
We have neither seen nor heard OF
any new South, except through cow.
ards hypocrltes and time servers and
damn the man who will apologiz
for her part in the war to set Of
Bummers, Purltans and Invaders.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

a GROSS injustice upon the people,
and an indirect way of taking from
the poor, without compensation ana
o;vinu 10 the rich. How long Will
the people submit to being thus roo>
he'd?
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
VINE HILL MALE
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EXPENSES REDUCED.

EXPENSES REDUCED.
The snr,ng session, and fifth year un-
~ ,ros.nt man, cement, will open 18th
of JANUARY. 1887.
u1r,r1oN FER SESSION OF TWENTY
WEEKS.
PRIMARY, soo
CANNON ENG LISH with A.
RITHMETIC, S'"o
u1GHER ENGl .ISH with A
prrHMETIC a nd ALGEBRA 1880
HIGHER ENGLISH with A
RITHNETIC, ALGEBRA and
1.r1u 5000
uIGHER ENGLISH with A
RITHMETIC, AL>'EbKA.
LATIN. and REEk 80
BOARD.
po,,d with furnish ed rooms, wood and
49,, O.; per mcnttr of four weeks.
Roard with unfinished room s. STUDENTS
furnishing rooms, wood ana hghts, %
r month. Tuition payable quarterly,
with ten per cent. discounted II PAID IN
advance. -,
All charges for board are due monthly
IN ADVANCE.
No deduction for lost days, either in
hoard or tuition, for less than live days
IN succession.
All under management of Principal.
For further particulars or catalogue,
idross E. E. HILLARY,
Principal,
SCOTLAND NECK. N. q.
o.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-21
PrairieView Items

Pleasant weather again and farmers
busy putting in corn.
The measels are gradually disappear
ING. Fred Myers is quite sick yet but
Robert Thomas family are all on the
mend excepting Miss Idas who, we be-
heve IS not able TO speak aloud yet.
Mrs Wurtzbaugh has returned TO
her home in RaWlius county.
Miss Norris spent last Sabbath al
PrairIeview the guest Of Misses 20 and
Ona Thomas
Geo. Thomas and Matt Ryckman,
are in Rawlins county working on the
Railroad.
School commenced last Monday in
district No. 10 with o. L. Smith IN
stalled as teacher.
Several of our enterprising farmers
have been putting up wind mills lately
Levi Gaunt, James Richards and Geo.
BOlen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugenon from near
KirWin visited with Mr.. and Mrs
Cheney last week.
Adrian Myers has put up a new pas
ture fence.
Miss Julia Bemis is staying at the
Island at present.
Mr.. Gould will move into his new
house very soon.
Mr.. Low, of Hamilton, Mo-, and G.
A. Spaulding of the burg were here
looking up a location for the depot re-
Gently. JUMBO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-05-21
Among - EEohanges.

After the Rock Island and the Santa
Fe do up northern and western Kansas
as they are stalking out to do there viii
not be much LETT of the Union Pacific.
-Belolt Gazette.
III. b. Sudlow, Supt. of the Rock Is
land & Peoria Railroad bought SO lots
here. and over $50. 900 was paid out for
lots and plating property IN one day
last week. Smith Center Bulletin.
Mr.. Powderly has declared war to
the knife on the Anarchists and Social
lists who are endeavOring to use or con
troll the Order Of which he is the head.
Mr.. POwderly is a sensible man.
Atchison Champion.
The second corps Of Rock Island sur
vevors reached Smith Center Wednes-
day evening. We understand another
party is soon 10 follow this one locating
grade stakes, but just how soon we are
unable TO say at this Writing,-Smith
Center Pioneer,
There will be nothing further done at
present toward building the telephone
line from this place to Phillipsburg Ow-
ING TO the recent survey of the Santa
Fe company to build railroad via Of
that place to tins point--Woodruff
Gazette.
A little item comes from EmpOria to
the effect that the Board of Trade Of
that CITY ordered $500 copies Of the
Daily News. This style of encourage
ment is what makes newspapers grow
valuable to the community, and news
paper men rustic to deserve their sue
cess.-MinneapOlis Messenger.
All the cities and towns of Northern
Kansas, from AtchisOn to the west line
of the state, are growing and prosper
ing. Their growth, too, is steady and
enduring, because it is based on the
substantial development of the richest
and most beautiful country that the
sun, passing from continent to CONT
nent, lights and warns. - AtchisOn
Champion.
The folders for the summer meetings
of the Solomon Valley Fair Circuit are
out, and Announce that the meeting
here wilI-take place June 22d and sd.
There will be eight races, as follows
Three running, four trOtting, and one
pacing race. The purses aggregate
$500. The circuit comprises Cawkel
City. Osborne City, Gaylord, kirwinr
and Phillipsburg, and the aggregate Of
purses amounts to 8, 800. The meet
| ing promises to be the most successful
of any ever held in Northwest Kansas
I-kirWin Independent.